Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2013 No.  

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013

Made

2013

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule, they have consulted with such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be appropriate.

In accordance with paragraph 2(3) of that Schedule(2), a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013

2.  For Schedule 1 (revenue support grant and distribution of non-domestic rate income 2013-2014) to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013(3), substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

3.  For Schedule 2 (revenue support grant 2012-13) to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013, substitute the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Name

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

Date

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2013-2014

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

Amount of non-domestic rate income

£

£

Aberdeen City142,733,000177,084,000
Aberdeenshire318,820,00078,947,000
Angus172,066,00025,764,000
Argyll & Bute175,709,00028,492,000
Clackmannanshire81,135,00011,872,000
Dumfries & Galloway242,861,00044,549,000
Dundee City230,959,00053,951,000
East Ayrshire192,795,00028,546,000
East Dunbartonshire154,500,00022,885,000
East Lothian142,399,00023,134,000
East Renfrewshire157,534,00013,924,000
Edinburgh (City of)396,067,000334,630,000
Eilean Siar96,342,0006,475,000
Falkirk202,441,00068,291,000
Fife473,747,000145,816,000
Glasgow City905,316,000333,668,000
Highland331,462,000114,154,000
Inverclyde143,859,00020,869,000
Midlothian121,593,00026,665,000
Moray120,587,00030,668,000
North Ayrshire225,522,00036,943,000
North Lanarkshire503,509,000109,179,000
Orkney Islands59,160,0008,827,000
Perth & Kinross190,848,00050,928,000
Renfrewshire207,321,00097,709,000
Scottish Borders174,161,00028,503,000
Shetland Islands70,447,00016,177,000
South Ayrshire157,194,00039,642,000
South Lanarkshire281,106,000273,224,000
Stirling131,961,00029,948,000
West Dunbartonshire114,174,00072,189,000
West Lothian216,331,00081,347,000

Article 3

SCHEDULE 2

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2012-13

Column 1

Column 2

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

£

Aberdeen City180,029,000
Aberdeenshire342,555,000
Angus182,534,000
Argyll & Bute188,864,000
Clackmannanshire85,103,000
Dumfries & Galloway262,152,000
Dundee City250,870,000
East Ayrshire202,316,000
East Dunbartonshire165,135,000
East Lothian149,531,000
East Renfrewshire166,120,000
Edinburgh (City of)463,365,000
Eilean Siar101,499,000
Falkirk220,119,000
Fife512,152,000
Glasgow City999,475,000
Highland364,996,000
Inverclyde154,523,000
Midlothian127,963,000
Moray132,069,000
North Ayrshire239,083,000
North Lanarkshire536,390,000
Orkney Islands62,374,000
Perth & Kinross205,138,000
Renfrewshire232,322,000
Scottish Borders188,871,000
Shetland Islands76,108,000
South Ayrshire167,509,000
South Lanarkshire318,583,000
Stirling143,920,000
West Dunbartonshire131,525,000
West Lothian234,027,000

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule 1 set out in the Schedule 1 to this Order and by replacing Schedule 2 to that Order with the Schedule 2 set out in the Schedule 2 to this Order. Column 2 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2013-2014. Column 3 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2013-2014. Column 2 of Schedule 2 redetermines the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2012-13.

(1)

1992 c.14. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act.

(2)

Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by section 118 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).